Media Releases - WestConnex Action Grouphttp://www.westconnexactiongroup.org.au/media_releases
Satellite Imagery shows full extent of WestConnex Impact<p>The Coalition Against WestCONnex (CAW), a network of community groups opposed to WestConnex, is calling for the immediate halt to Stage 3, the M4-M5 Tunnel, in light of new satellite imaging analysis which reveals that the tunnelling is responsible for much greater ground settlement and potential property damage than predicted by the Berejiklian Government and the Environmental Impacts Statements for the project.</p>
<p><img src="https://assets.nationbuilder.com/wag/pages/1552/attachments/original/1552440808/m4_satellite_4.png?1552440808" alt="" width="928" height="546"><em><img src="https://assets.nationbuilder.com/wag/pages/1552/attachments/original/1552443201/m4_satellite_4.png?1552443201" alt="" width="883" height="518"></em></p>
<p> </p>Wed, 13 Mar 2019 13:39:00 +1100Rhea Leibmanhttp://www.westconnexactiongroup.org.au/satellite_image_shows_damage
WestConnex Damage Register up and running<p><span>In an historic first, residents across Sydney have been forced to start logging the severe damage being done to their homes along the WestConnex route as the State government, Roads and Maritime Services (RMS), Sydney Motorway Corporation and a number of private contractors deny natural justice for families confronting damage that runs into hundreds of thousands of dollars.</span></p>
<p><img src="https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/wag/pages/1518/attachments/original/1548276961/48kathyc_cracking_3.jpg?1548276961" alt="" width="480" height="640"></p>Thu, 24 Jan 2019 08:02:29 +1100Wendy Baconhttp://www.westconnexactiongroup.org.au/westconnex-damage-register-up-and-running
When you’re in this deep, stop digging<h4>Media Alert: Community responds to Parliamentary Inquiry into Impacts of Westconnex report </h4>
<p><img src="https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/wag/pages/1516/attachments/original/1545032143/Photo_of_Janette_at_Protest_for_nationbuilder_.jpg?1545032143" alt="" width="960" height="720"></p>Mon, 17 Dec 2018 13:11:00 +1100Wendy Baconhttp://www.westconnexactiongroup.org.au/when_you_re_in_this_deep_stop_digging
Campaigners call for halt as they wait for Inquiry report release<p><strong><img src="https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/wag/pages/1515/attachments/original/1544759719/KCTAR_2_lr_%281%29.jpg?1544759719" alt="Protesting in Rozelle" width="1772" height="1329">Media Alert: Parliamentary Inquiry Report into Impacts of WestConnex to be released on December 17<sup>th</sup>. Community Groups call for a Royal Commission and immediate halt to WestConnex. </strong></p>Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:05:00 +1100Wendy Baconhttp://www.westconnexactiongroup.org.au/campaigners_call_for_halt_as_they_wait_for_inquiry_report_release
Media Release: RMS And Planning Recalled To Parliamentary Inquiry Into WestConnex<p>WestCONnex Action Group (WAG) welcomes the decision of the NSW Public Accountability Committee Inquiry into the impacts of WestConnex to hold an extra hearing day to recall Roads &amp; Maritime Services (RMS) and the Dept of Planning to explain their earlier evidence.</p>
<p><img src="https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/wag/pages/1514/attachments/original/1541447866/night_work_and_dust.jpg?1541447866" alt="" width="583" height="436"></p>Tue, 06 Nov 2018 07:03:00 +1100Chris Gerranshttp://www.westconnexactiongroup.org.au/parliament_inquiry_day_4
Media Release: Berejiklian Government approves Stage 3 of WestCONnex without publicly informing the residents of NSW<p> </p>
<p><img src="https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/wag/pages/1506/attachments/original/1524814489/gladys_shame.jpg?1524814489" alt="" width="571" height="571"></p>Fri, 27 Apr 2018 17:44:24 +1000Chris Gerranshttp://www.westconnexactiongroup.org.au/nsw_govt_appoves_stage3_wcx
COALITION AGAINST WESTCONNEX ISSUES CORRECTION TO PLANNING MEDIA RELEASE<p dir="ltr"><span>THE COALITION Against WestConnex (CAW), a network of community groups opposed to WestConnex, notes that on 23 November 2017 the NSW Planning Department published a record breaking 13,000+ submissions on the WestConnex Stage 3 EIS, and the overwhelming rejection of the project by City of Sydney and Inner West Councils, community groups and other organisations.</span></p>
<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-4e8fe98d-fc4a-a7b6-2c7a-3daefa41ac67"><span>However, CAW is concerned that the Department has deliberately downplayed the breadth and depth of community opposition by stating in its media release that submissions were mainly coordinated by CAW which it described as a “a local group” opposed to the project.</span></span></p>
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<p><span><span><img src="https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/wag/pages/1459/attachments/original/1511767234/planning_mr.jpg?1511767234" alt="Protest Sign" width="540" height="360" /></span></span></p>Mon, 27 Nov 2017 18:07:00 +1100Chris Gerranshttp://www.westconnexactiongroup.org.au/caw_correction_to_planning_media_release
COALITION AGAINST WESTCONNEX TO DELIVER 10,000 OBJECTIONS TO STAGE 3 EIS TO PLANNING<p>THE COALITION Against WestCONnex (CAW), a network of community groups opposed to WestConnex, will today, 16 October 2017, submit more than 10,000 objections against the WestConnex Stage 3 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). </p>Sun, 15 Oct 2017 22:49:00 +1100WestConnex Action Grouphttp://www.westconnexactiongroup.org.au/coalition_against_westconnex_to_deliver_10_000_objections_to_stage_3_eis_to_planning
MEDIA RELEASE: INNER WEST BACKS ANTI-WESTCONNEX CANDIDATES<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img style="vertical-align: baseline;" src="https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/wag/pages/1414/attachments/original/1505046672/21584208_10155823679855739_1920030763_o.jpg?1505046672" alt="" width="100" height="113" /> VOTERS in the Inner West Council elections on 9 September overwhelmingly supported candidates strongly opposed to WestConnex, including Pauline Lockie, one of WestCONnex Action Group (WAG)’s founders, elected as an independent in the Stanmore Ward.</span></p>Sun, 10 Sep 2017 23:17:39 +1000WestConnex Action Grouphttp://www.westconnexactiongroup.org.au/inner_west_backs_anti_westconnex_candidates
WESTCONNEX PLANNING FARCE MUST STOP<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-e8ae7594-e904-5f1a-1978-660c42ff4725"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e8ae7594-e904-5f1a-1978-660c42ff4725">WestCONnex Action Group today condemned NSW Planning’s announcement that it will prematurely release the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the M4-M5 Link of the WestCONnex tollway system this Friday, 18 August.</span></span></p>Wed, 16 Aug 2017 15:13:00 +1000WestConnex Action Grouphttp://www.westconnexactiongroup.org.au/westconnex_planning_farce_continues
WESTCONNEX INFLICTS NON-STOP CONSTRUCTION ON ST PETERS FOR NEXT 3 WEEKENDS <p>After inflicting eight months of dust, noise and odours on St Peters, WestCCONnex has given its residents only 3 days’ notice that excavation works will continue next to their homes from 8am to 10pm on Saturdays, and 8am to 6pm on Sundays, for 3 weekends in a row, with no break at all for 18 days.</p>Fri, 28 Jul 2017 06:27:00 +1000WestConnex Action Grouphttp://www.westconnexactiongroup.org.au/westconnex_inflicts_12_hours_a_day_noise_on_st_peters_for_next_three_weekends
SYDNEY PARK PROTEST AGAINST WESTCONNEX TREE DESTRUCTION, SAT 6 MAY, 7AM<p>RESIDENTS will be holding a protest at Sydney Park at the corner Campbell Rd and Euston Rd from 7am on Saturday, when WestCONnex contractors plan to destroy more trees for the St Peters Interchange.</p>Fri, 05 May 2017 15:20:09 +1000WestConnex Action Grouphttp://www.westconnexactiongroup.org.au/sydney_park_protest_against_westconnex_tree_destruction_sat_6_may_7am
MEDIA ALERT: EUSTON RD PROTEST AGAINST WESTCONNEX TREE DESTRUCTION, WED 26 APR, 7AM<p>RESIDENTS will be holding a protest at 95-125 Euston Rd in Alexandria from 7am on Wednesday, when WestCONnex contractors plan to start destroying over 70 trees as part of road widening works for the St Peters Interchange.</p>Tue, 25 Apr 2017 18:08:53 +1000WestConnex Action Grouphttp://www.westconnexactiongroup.org.au/media_alert_euston_rd_protest_against_westconnex_tree_destruction_wed_26_apr_7am
ALEXANDRIA RESIDENTS VOW TO FIGHT WESTCONNEX DESTRUCTION<p>HUNDREDS of residents attended a snap rally in Alexandria on Saturday to call on Premier Gladys Berejiklian to halt plans to turn Euston Rd into a seven-lane highway as part of work for the WestCONnex St Peters Interchange.</p>Mon, 24 Apr 2017 09:01:00 +1000WestConnex Action Grouphttp://www.westconnexactiongroup.org.au/alexandria_residents_vow_to_fight_westconnex_destruction
MEDIA ALERT: SNAP RALLY AGAINST WESTCONNEX EUSTON RD WIDENING, TODAY 12PM<p>RESIDENTS of 95-125 Euston Road in Alexandria will hold a snap rally at 12pm today to call on Premier Gladys Berejiklian to halt plans to bring a seven-lane highway within 2m of their homes as part of works for the WestCONnex St Peters Interchange.</p>Sat, 22 Apr 2017 09:15:00 +1000WestConnex Action Grouphttp://www.westconnexactiongroup.org.au/media_alert_snap_rally_against_westconnex_euston_rd_widening_today_12pm
SNAP RALLY AGAINST WESTCONNEX EUSTON ROAD WIDENING, SAT 22 APRIL<p>RESIDENTS of 95-125 Euston Road in Alexandria have organised a snap rally to call on Premier Gladys Berejiklian to halt plans to bring a seven-lane highway within 2m of their homes as part of road widening works for the WestCONnex St Peters Interchange.</p>Fri, 21 Apr 2017 15:33:11 +1000WestConnex Action Grouphttp://www.westconnexactiongroup.org.au/snap_rally_against_westconnex_euston_road_widening_sat_22_april
LATEST WESTCONNEX REVELATIONS SHOW EXTENT OF PLANNING PROCESS CORRUPTION<p>RESIDENTS have reacted with anger to the latest revelations about the planning of toll road projects in NSW, which show that NSW government has been instructing transport officials to ignore public transport alternatives to strengthen the case for these roads.</p>Mon, 10 Apr 2017 11:37:00 +1000WestConnex Action Grouphttp://www.westconnexactiongroup.org.au/latest_westconnex_revelations_show_extent_of_planning_process_corruption
STOP WESTCONNEX ACTIVISTS HEAD TO WAVERTON AND MANLY TO SAY 'PUT THE LIBERALS LAST!'<p>STOP WestConnex activists from the Inner West and Inner City of Sydney will be visiting North Shore and Manly this weekend ahead of the by-elections to talk to locals about the toll-road disaster headed to their neighbourhoods. </p>Fri, 31 Mar 2017 22:16:00 +1100WestConnex Action Grouphttp://www.westconnexactiongroup.org.au/stop_westconnex_activists_head_to_waverton_and_manly_for_by_elections_to_say_put_the_liberals_last
NO CONVICTION FOR WESTCONNEX PROTESTER ARRESTED AT SYDNEY PARK<p>NEWTOWN resident Glenys Waddell, 70, faced court at Downing Centre today after being arrested protesting the destruction of Sydney Park trees for WestCONnex.</p>Mon, 20 Feb 2017 14:23:00 +1100WestConnex Action Grouphttp://www.westconnexactiongroup.org.au/no_conviction_for_westconnex_protester_arrested_at_sydney_park
DEADLY WESTCONNEX ASBESTOS ERRORS PLACE RESIDENTS, WORKERS AT RISK<p>MULTIPLE errors made by WestCONnex in the removal of asbestos from a home being demolished in Brown St, St Peters, have potentially exposed dozens of residents and workers to the deadly substance.</p>Fri, 17 Feb 2017 07:36:00 +1100WestConnex Action Grouphttp://www.westconnexactiongroup.org.au/deadly_westconnex_asbestos_errors_place_residents_workers_at_risk